The 10 top spine players in the US market are the following: Medtronic, Depuy Synthes, Nuvasive, Stryker, Globus Medical, Zimmer Biomet, Aesculap, Seaspine, Orthofix and Alphatec Spine. To see their market shares worldwide please visit:https://thespinemarketgroup.com/spine-market-estimates-for-2019/
MORE U.S COMPANIES TO FOLLOW
But additionally there are almost 200 manufacturers from United States. Many of those Companies have very attractive product and training offerings. Today we publish about these 5 innovative Companies:
CAPTIVA SPINE
The company was founded in 2007 and is based in Jupiter, Florida. It is a privately held spinal organization founded by Dale Mitchell in 2007 to support spine surgeons with innovative solutions to anatomically challenging operations.Captiva Spine is headquartered in Jupiter, Florida and it markets products through distributors. www.captivaspine.com
Chief Executive Officer and President of Captiva Spine: Dale Mitchell. He has over 20 years of medical device experience.He founded Captiva Spine to provide the market with a growing line of reliable, high quality spinal technologies.Dale’s career experience includes being one of the pioneer employees of Ethicon Endo-Surgery, which became a multi-billion dollar franchisefor Johnson & Johnson. He then became leader in sales management for a spine start-up, Spine-Tech, which was acquired by Sulzer Centerpulse and then Zimmer, he then joined Signus Medical during the early importation and distribution of PEEK technologies into the United States.
INNOVASIS
The company’s headquarters are in Salt Lake City, UT. Innovasis is a groundbreaking company engaged in the research, development, manufacturing, and marketing of spinal implant devices and related products. Innovasis offers a complete product portfolio that addresses the major pathologies and focus areas of traditional spinal surgery. The portfolio includes: HA Enhanced PEEK interbody fusion devices, a robust line of pedicle screw fixation, neuro and craniofacial fixation system, and biologics through an exclusive agreement with Stability Biologics®. https://www.innovasis.com
President: Mike English.Before joining Innovasis, Mike was the Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Amendia Inc. He has over 18 years of experience in the spine sector including executive sales leadership roles with NuVasive and DePuy Spine Johnson & Johnson. He is a graduate of the Wharton Healthcare Executive Leadership Program.
ORTHOPEDIATRICS
OrthoPediatrics was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Warsaw, Indiana. The founders were composed of orthopedic industry experts in Warsaw, Indiana drawn from DePuy Synthes, Smith & Nephew, and Zimmer Biomet. OrthoPediatrics Corp., designs, develops, and markets anatomically appropriate implants and devices for the treatment of children with orthopedic conditions in the United States and internationally. It offers trauma and deformity procedures; scoliosis procedures for the treatment of spinal deformity; and sports medicine procedures. The company serves pediatric orthopedic market, as well as pediatric orthopedic surgeons and caregivers. http://www.orthopediatrics.com
President and Chief Executive Officer: Mark C. Throdahl. He has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of OrthoPediatrics Corp. since January 2011. Mark Throdahl has more than 30 years of leadership experience in the medical products and supplies industry. He served as Group President of Global Businesses at Zimmer Holdings Inc. from May 2008 to June 12, 2009. Mark Throdahl was responsible for Zimmer Spine, Zimmer Dental, Zimmer Trauma, Zimmer Orthopaedic Surgical Products, Zimmer ComputerAssisted Solutions and Accelerate Health Partners at Zimmer Holdings Inc. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Consort Medical Plc., (Formerly known as Bespak plc.) from June 2001 to December 31, 2007. Prior to joining Consort in 2001, he held various management roles at Becton Dickinson & Co., from 1988 to 2001, both at the corporate headquarters where he served as Senior Vice President and President of Drug Delivery and in Japan, where he held the position of President, Nippon Becton Dickinson. Mark Throdahl had a 13 year career at Becton Dickinson where he oversaw a $2 billion division of the Company. He was with Mallinckrodt for thirteen years. He started his medical devices career in 1975 with Mallinckrodt Group, where he held sales and marketing positions of increasing responsibility, ultimately being named General Manager of the Critical Care business. Mark Throdahl has been a Director of OrthoPediatrics Corp. since 2009. He served as Director of Consort Medical plc, until December 5, 2007. Mark Throdahl is an Executive Advisor at Gryphon Investors. He holds an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School and a B.A. with distinction in Economics and Russian Studies from Princeton University.
ASTURA MEDICAL
Astura Medical was formed in 2014 with the objective of creating a disciplined, multi-phased approach to developing, manufacturing, and distributing medical devices. With surgeon input and feedback at every stage of development, Astura has created an extensive line of devices of the highest quality and sleekest design.The two essential pillars that contribute to Astura Medical’s success are high quality products and robust distribution channels. These pillars, combined with passion and innovation, are what drive the Astura team to achieve great success with developing devices and entering them into the spinal implant marketplace.https://asturamedical.com
President, Co-Founder and CEO: Joel Gambrell. He has over 20 years of medical device sales and distribution experience. Early in Joel’s career, he gained strategic sales and marketing experience working for large orthopedic entities such as Johnson & Johnson, Orthofix, and Medtronic, where he consistently achieved top honors.
WENZEL SPINE
Wenzel Spine, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is based in Austin, Texas. It manufactures minimally invasive solutions for stand-alone treatment of spine disorders. Wenzel Spine offers VariLift, an interbody fusion system as stand-alone solution for stabilizing the spine in the treatment of disorders that include disc herniation, degenerative disc disease, spinal stenosis, adjacent level disease, and spondylolisthesis. The company provides its products through distribution relationships in the United States and European Union. www.wenzelspine.com
Co-Founder ands CEO: Chad G. Neely.He has extensive experience working with emerging technology and life science companies, as well as sales force management. He spent 8 years with Merrill Lynch where he managed the mid market business finance and M&A group for Central, West and North Texas and spent 3.5 years with the Comerica Technology & Life Science senior debt venture finance group, where he exclusively focused on structuring debt and capital raise transactions for technology, life science and medical device companies. He has managed sales teams of over 250 people, spread over a large geographic area, including: Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma. In his past positions, he has interacted with numerous boards of directors and executive committees, consulted on business plan structures, assisted in capital raises, and prepared and executed national marketing strategies. He serves as Director of IsoStem, Inc. Chad. Neely obtained his BBA in Economics and Business from Virginia Military Institute and an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin.